From $605 per vehicle — a private, one-way ride from the Port of Miami to your Doctor Phillips address near Orlando.
One flat figure covers the whole vehicle and your entire party — pick the tier that matches your group size, and the number holds from booking through drop-off.
Once your sailing docks and you clear the PortMiami terminal with your bags, the driver is already curbside at the arrivals point, matched to your party ahead of time. The vessel’s true disembark timing is watched in advance, so a slow customs line or a late berth never costs you the ride. A printed name card can be held at the meeting spot whenever it is requested beforehand. From the curb it is straight into a private vehicle kept for your group alone, luggage loaded, and onto the road north toward Doctor Phillips.
Doctor Phillips sits on the southwest edge of the Orlando area, a leafy, residential place better known to locals for its restaurant-lined dining stretch than for any single landmark. Lakeside neighborhoods, golf communities and quiet shopping plazas fill the map, and the theme-park and convention districts of Central Florida are an easy reach away — which is why cruise travelers so often extend a sailing into a Doctor Phillips stay. The name reaches beyond the community too: the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts anchors downtown Orlando, while Dr. Phillips High School sits inside the community itself.
Many of the residential pockets around these lakes sit behind a staffed gate, where an attendant checks a list before the arm lifts. The simple fix is to have whoever is hosting you add the arrival to that list ahead of time, and to note which entrance to aim for when a neighborhood has more than one. Nothing else about reaching the address is complicated; this single step is the one worth handling before the ship even docks.
This is a long highway haul off the Miami coast heading up toward Orlando, so the driver treats it as a distance run instead of a short in-town hop. Time behind the wheel shifts with traffic — a departure inside the busiest windows crawls where an off-peak start would flow, and the route is planned around the known choke points. Since the leg covers genuine ground, one brief pause for a rest stop or a bite can be worked into the route when you flag it early. Your pickup is set against the ship’s actual disembark rather than a fixed clock, so nobody is left standing on the curb or rushed before the bags are down. The whole trip stays door-to-door with no transfers.
Booking is held with a 50% deposit paid at reservation, and the remaining half goes to the driver on the day of the trip. Every figure is priced for the vehicle, not per head, so a couple and a full party of fourteen each ride on the one flat number shown above. Pricing is one-way by default; a round trip is simply that fare doubled, with the same vehicle bringing your group back toward the port for a connecting flight or the next sailing. Meet and greet is part of every booking at no added charge.
Daytime hours run from 7 AM to 9 PM with no time premium. A pickup that falls outside that window adds a night fee on the SUV — $20 within Miami-Dade or Broward and $50 once the run reaches farther out. A held name card at the meeting point is a $20 add-on, a child seat on this Port of Miami route runs $15, and an extra stop beyond the single comfort break is billed at $45 for each 30 minutes. Sort any of these over WhatsApp before the trip so the seat is installed or the stop is planned in advance.
Per vehicle, always. The rate you see in the list above is the total for the whole group, whether two people travel or a full party of fourteen. There is no head count added on, so a larger group simply spreads one fixed fare across everyone aboard.
A late berth is not a problem. The driver follows the vessel’s real arrival and disembark timing, then shifts the pickup to match when you actually clear the terminal, at no extra cost. You keep the same vehicle and the same fare — no rebooking charge because the ship ran slow.
Plan on roughly a checked bag plus a carry-on per passenger, with genuine room for stacked cruise suitcases in every tier. Bringing extra or oversized bags? Flag it on WhatsApp ahead of time so the space is confirmed or the booking is sized up to a larger van. The driver handles the loading and unloading at both the terminal and your Doctor Phillips door.
Yes. Give the driver the ages and the number of seats over WhatsApp when you book, and the correct child seat is fitted and ready on trip day — $15 each on this Port of Miami route. A small pet is welcome too with advance notice, riding in its carrier so the loading is planned and everyone stays comfortable on the long run to Doctor Phillips.
Lock in a private SUV or van from the Port of Miami to Doctor Phillips by message. Send the ship name, the pickup date, the group size, and the drop-off address over WhatsApp at wa.me/17866828748 or by phone at 786-682-8748, and the vehicle, the flat fare, and the driver details are confirmed the day before the trip.
Reserving a few days ahead is ideal, and in peak season (holidays, spring break, big cruise weekends) a week or more keeps your first-choice vehicle available. Requests inside 24 hours are welcome but depend on availability, and those bookings are non-refundable once confirmed.
We run on reservations rather than on-demand pickups. A same-day request may still work if a driver is free: message us on WhatsApp with the pickup time and we will confirm quickly. Keep in mind that a ride booked within 24 hours of pickup cannot be refunded.
No. A 50% deposit holds the vehicle when you book online, and the other half goes to your driver on the day of the ride, in cash or by card. If you prefer to settle everything at once, choose Pay in full at checkout.
Yes. After the deposit, the remaining half is paid directly to your driver when the ride is done, cash or card, whichever you prefer. There is nothing else to pay unless you added an extra service.
Cancellations are free up to 24 hours before the pickup. Inside that 24-hour window the ride is non-refundable, and no-shows are treated the same way. Booking details such as an extra passenger or a child seat can still be updated until 12 hours before pickup.
The pickup time and other details can be adjusted until 12 hours before the ride, subject to driver availability; write to us as soon as your plans change. The travel date itself is fixed once booked, so double-check it before you confirm.
Payments run through Stripe over an encrypted checkout; we never see your card number. Card payments carry a 3% processing fee that is shown before you pay. Zelle is also accepted for the deposit with no fee: ask us on WhatsApp.
Not at all. Travelers reserve from all over the world, international cards are accepted at checkout, and we answer on WhatsApp and email in English, Spanish and Portuguese.
Yes. Give us the flight number when you book and your driver tracks it in real time, so the pickup follows the actual landing rather than the scheduled one, at no extra cost.
Message us the moment you know. We reschedule around the new arrival whenever a driver is available; because that counts as a change to the booking, the cancellation terms above still apply if the ride cannot be rebooked.
Your driver meets you at the MIA arrivals level at the curb, and that meet-and-greet is included in the fare. If you would rather be greeted inside the terminal with a name sign, add the name-sign welcome for $20 when you book.
You receive the meeting instructions in advance, and the driver contacts you the day before the ride to confirm every detail. On landing, head to the agreed curb; connect to the airport Wi-Fi and message us on WhatsApp if anything is unclear.
The day before the ride we send the driver’s name and phone number, and the vehicle details you need to spot the car. Vehicle photos on the site show the category booked; the exact model can vary.
Call or WhatsApp us at +1 (786) 682-8748 and we connect you right away. The pickup is always coordinated at the confirmed spot, and the courtesy waiting time keeps running from your landing or your scheduled pickup.
At the airport we wait up to 60 minutes after landing on domestic flights and up to 2 hours on international arrivals; at hotels, homes and the cruise port the courtesy wait is 15 minutes. Beyond that, waiting is billed like an extra stop, $45 per 30 minutes.
The distance and the usual driving time for this exact route are listed on this page. Real timing depends on traffic and the hour, which is why the driver plans the pickup around your actual landing or ship arrival rather than a fixed clock time.
Yes. Your driver loads and unloads every bag at the curb. Drivers do not go inside the hotel or terminal to collect luggage, so have it with you at the meeting point.
Each passenger can bring one large suitcase plus one carry-on. The black SUV carries up to 5 passengers as long as passengers plus large suitcases total 10 or fewer; larger groups or extra bags move to a van. Surfboards, bikes or many extra cases need a custom setup, so tell us before booking.
Yes. Add them when you book: a child seat for babies and toddlers up to about 3 years, or a booster for ages 3 to 5. Each seat is $20 and is fitted before the driver leaves for the pickup.
Planned stops are fine when you add them at booking, priced at $45 per 30 minutes with a 30-minute minimum, then $1.50 per extra minute. Unplanned detours on the day are not part of the fare.
Never. Every transfer is private: the vehicle carries only your group, door to door, with no other pickups and no waiting for strangers.
A black SUV for up to 5 passengers, a van for 6 to 9 and a larger van for 10 to 14. The fare table on this page shows the price for each. For groups above 14 we arrange several vehicles or a minibus on a custom quote.
No. We pick up and drop off at Miami International Airport, PortMiami and the other cruise terminals, hotels, private homes, offices and event venues across South Florida and beyond.
Yes. Wedding parties, corporate groups and private events get a tailored quote with the right mix of vehicles; message us with the date, head count and schedule.
Between 9 PM and 7 AM the black SUV adds a night fee of $20 inside Miami-Dade and Broward and $50 farther out. The fee is shown in the quote before you book, and daytime rides carry no surcharge.
The fare shown is for the exact route named on this page. For a different pickup or drop-off address, use the ride search on this site: it prices the real road distance instantly and lets you book on the spot.
The fare includes the driver, fuel and tolls, with no hidden fees. Only optional items add to it: the 3% card fee, a name-sign welcome, child seats, extra stops or the night fee, each shown in the quote before you pay. Tipping is at your discretion.
My partner and I walked off the ship at PortMiami and had a private car ready at the curb to take us to Doctor Phillips. It was only our group in the car — nobody else to wait on — which was a relief after a week aboard. Honestly the most stress-free part of the whole trip — getting off the ship and into a waiting car with zero stress.
Our family of five came off the ship at PortMiami and the driver had room for every suitcase for the ride to Doctor Phillips.
As a solo cruiser I arranged a private pickup at PortMiami for disembarkation morning, out to Doctor Phillips, and it could not have been easier. The night before, I got a message with the driver’s name and license plate, so there was no guessing at the curb when I walked out. Booking was quick, I got a solid confirmation, and everything matched what I was told.
The eight of us came off the ship together and arranged one private van from the port to Doctor Phillips. The driver got the whole pile of luggage in so we didn’t have to juggle it all. The night before, we got a message with the driver’s name and license plate, so there was nothing to figure out when we walked out.
With kids in tow, arranging a private car from the terminal to Doctor Phillips meant no scramble the morning we disembarked. The ride to Doctor Phillips was easy the whole way, climate-controlled, and we could just settle in. The night before, we got a message with the driver’s name and license plate, so there was no guessing at the curb when we walked out.